Peninsula Health

 

Referral to the Peninsula Health Advance Care Planning Service via ACCESS

Phone  1300 665 781 or fax referrals to ACCESS on 9784 2309.

 GP referral process

1. Discuss Advance Care Planning and provide information and a printed resources such as the Advance Care Planning  Fact Sheet and/or Brochure
2. Obtain patient’s consent to make the referral
3. Complete and print a referral letter  or use the ACCESS Referral form //ACCESS Referral Form

Advance Care Planning Resources

For GPs

• GP Guide to Witnessing an Enduring Power Of Attorney (Medical Treatment) 2016
• ACP Quick Reference Guide for General Practice

For patients

• Advance Care Planning Service Fact Sheet for patients

• Advance Care Planning Brochure for patients 2017

• Office of Public Advocate Power of Attorney

• Summary Table of Enduring Powers of Attorney 2016

• Advance Care Yarning Booklet for ATSI Clients

   

Advance Care Planning Forms

• Advance Care Plan for the Person Lacking Capacity
• Advance Care Directive for the Person with Capacity
• EPOA (Medical Treatment) Form

Decision Assist for GPs

Decision Assist program is funded by the Australian Government and aims to build capacity, linkages and access to palliative care and advance care planning services by providing support and education to GPs and aged care staff. 

CALL- 1300 668 908 – 7 days per week, from 8 am until 8 pm

• Speak directly to a ACP expert
• Access specialised information and support relevant to each state or territory
• Gain access to evidence based resources, support and mentoring, as well as education and referral to appropriate support services as required. 
• Costs the same as a local call

More information can be found at  www.decisionassist.org.au

Website Links for General Practice

• RACGP Website Information on Advance Care Planning
• RACGP Position Statement on Advance Care Planning
• AMA-Position_Statement_ACP EOL Care 2014
• Advance Care Planning Australia – useful information for doctors and health professionals
• Palliative Care Australia Position Statement on Advance Care Planning
• Department of Health Resources for Advance Care Planning
• Advance Care Planning training resource for doctors and health professionals
• Medical Care of Older Person’s in RACFs (Silver book) information  on Advance Care Planning

• ACPTalk – for sensitive religious and cultural Advance Care Planning (ACP)

  ACPTalk is a website to support health professionals in sensitive religious and cultural ACP conversations and to raise community awareness of ACP.

  A search function provides information on: religious background and beliefs, practices, disclosure of medical prognosis, language and other advice.

  The website also contains discussion scripts, information on ACP law, more general ACP information and links to useful external religious and cultural ACP and palliative care resources.

  This project is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health- ACPTalk website